Clare Azzopardi lives in a 400-year old house. She spends a lot of time reading and writing stories for children and adults, unless she’s teaching, that is. She is the Head of Department of Maltese at Junior College. Her books have won several awards and her work has been translated into other languages. clareazzopardi.com

“This is a collection to be read by all those who are still convinced that none of our authors can write as well as some of the best English and American short story writers.”— Paul Xuereb, The Malta Independent on Sunday

“If we had to put Clare Azzopardi into a category, it would be ‘Superhero-writers’ … Azzopardi has a unique talent of combining literary aesthetic with political activism. For this reason we believe her work should cross national frontiers.”— Luka Ostojic, Literature Across Frontiers

“You could say that emarginisation is a common theme to all of Azzopardi’s stories. None of the women are your run-of-the-mill characters. They are strong, strange, obsessive, stubborn, yes, but never ordinary. And when placed in an ordinary, everyday setting the strength and attraction of their personality can’t but shine through. Azzopardi’s book might not be the militantly feminist prose that we associate with the term. It is certainly, however, a tribute to real women.”— Ramona Depares, The Sunday Times of Malta

“Maybe it’s too early in the year to commit myself but I’m taking the plunge: Ms Azzopardi, with Kulħadd Ħalla Isem Warajh, has raised the local literary stakes very high and it’s going to be extremely hard to top this one.”— Noel Tanti